Family gives back after getting gift from 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show'

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Dec 5, 2017 at 7:04 AM

In September, the Ellen DeGeneres Show surprised a local family with a brand new car and they filled the car with Cheerios to support the family's charity. And now, the family is continuing to "pay it forward".

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In September, the Ellen DeGeneres Show surprised a local family with a brand new car and they filled the car with Cheerios to support the family's charity.

Olivia, Norm and their three children have a non-profit called "Champions of Change” where they help those in need. The family wanted to match the number of cereal boxes the Ellen Show donated. So the Allendale Columbia School held a donation drive collecting 250 boxes of Cheerios.

Monday, volunteers packed up those boxes and delivered them to the Center for Youth.

Olivia West tells us, "It started off just being hats and gloves, then it turned into full pledge homeless Christmas parties, outreach for refugees and fight childhood hunger and childhood poverty."

Jordan West adds, "I think other people should get the privilege that everybody else gets."

If you want to get involved with Champions of Change, you can click here for more information.